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W. N; MURD-OGKQ HAT FASTENER.

No. 605,116, Patented, June 7,1898;

UNITED STATES WILLIAM N. MURDooK,

PATENT FFICE. I

' HAT-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,116, dated June "7,1898.

Application filed August 4, 1897 To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM N. MURDOOK, of Boston, county of Sufiolk,State of Massa chusetts, have invented an Improvement in. Hat-Fasteners,of which the following description, in connection with the accompany=ing drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

My invention i-sa device for en ab ling ladies to secure their hats inposition and for enabling them readily to remove their hatswhen desired,my invention being herein shown as applied to a usual side comb, such asis commonly worn by ladies in their hair.

Various appliances have heretofore been provided and suggested for theready attachment of hats to the head; but these inventions, so far asknown to me, have either been cumbersome or awkward or have disfiguredor injured the hat either by being inserted therethrough or by beingsecured thereto,

My invention is intended merely to catch and hold the. hat on the insidethereofwith out in any way Seriously injuring the hat' and withoutinconveniencing the wearer.

The details of my invention will be more fully apprehended in the courseof the fol? lowing description and claim, referencebein g 1 had to theaccompanying drawings; illustrative of the preferred embodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention appliedto an ordinary side comb. .Fig. 2 is a vertical section there? of on theline 2-2. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, partially broken away,illustrating the manner of nsingmy invention.

I have herein shown my invention as applied to a usual or preferredcomb, preferably a side comb A. About the side comb I have secured ametal strip to, having its ends bent around the edges ofthe comb and.riveted thereto at a. a and provided along its length I withtransverseteethrfi, herein shown as stamped or struck up from the metal,these h ns pre ab lend nawl ppointed'anddefiectedfrom the plane of thecomb at'a-sufficient. angle to enable them to Serial No. 647,045. (Nomodel.)

I catch readily in the hat of the wearer, the

teeth a projecting in an opposite direction from the teeth a of the combproper.

. While I have herein shown the teeth a as provided along the metalstrip, it will be understoodithat my invention is not restricted in thisparticular, but that the teeth may be provided in'any other mannerdesired or convenient' In operation the combs A will be inserted in thehair as usual, (see Fig. 3,) one on each side of the head, the teeth aentering the hair in the well-known manner, and thereby leaving theteeth a projecting outwardly on the upper side, so that when the usershat is fitted to the head the lining or lower edge of the crown will becaught by the teeth a and will catch and hold the hat securely inposition. When'the wearer wishes to remove the hat, all that necessaryis to press the combs one or both of themslightly inwardly,therebyremoving the teeth a from engagement with the hat and leaving thelatter free to be removed. w I

I do not intend to restrict my invention otherwise than as defined inthe claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters WILLIAM N. MURDOGK.

Witnesses G. H. MAXWELL, M. A. DUNN.

